Repairing the Afikomen

When we broke this matzah, we considered the ways queer joy is often laced with bits of pain. In repairing it, we acknowledge that the harm done by pain cannot be undone--and yet, we can help repair that harm. We can help our transmasculine friend through their top surgery recovery by making them more comfortable on the couch and distracting them with a bad Netflix movie. We can lessen the pain of a frown from a stranger by holding our friends close and making them laugh. And we can help each other heal from the bigger, deeper traumas that queer people often hold. Consider the ways your loved ones--or strangers--have helped you through the pains of queerness (try saying "thank you" as a group as a way of honoring this)


haggadah Section: Tzafun
Source: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-young-queer-artists-trading-anguish-joy